At his best DeYoung is the consummate showman, although at his worst his sense of theatrics can border on the kitsch (e.g. 'Kilroy Was Here' being a step too far for me). 'Boomchild' is compelling evidence of the man at the top of his game and an album I play as regularly as anything he produced in his heyday with Styx.

Dennis DeYoung appears to have enjoyed something of a renaissance of late, releasing a solid live recording a couple of years ago and now a new studio album of original compositions - his first in over 10 years. 'One Hundred Years From Now' marks a return to former glories, with a hard rockin' approach and less theatrics than of yore.